Even 35 empty covered hoppers can get the girls worked up, at 10mph and the same gradient and allignment as the original Marietta & North Georgia Railroad constructed in the 1870's.
UP's Rio Grande heritage unit leads the Brooklyn, OR to Los Angeles, CA intermodal train between control points Ansel and Oban on the Mojave Subdivision. After descending the hill at Ansel, all 3 ... (more)
Engineer Rick Rubino applies the throttle to 45-tonner RG&E 1941 after the brakeman throws a switch out of track 6 to start a day worth of switching cars in the upper yard.